Here's what I don't get.
Put aside whether it was a good idea to trade Barnes or not. The fact that they did further exposes a seemingly complete lack of direction or organizational control from Canetti and Jordan.
6 months ago, Barnes was signed to a DP contract, presumably at the behest of Owen Coyle who was a huge fan of his. But nonetheless, Jordan and Canetti made a hefty financial commitment to Barnes and they can't (or shouldn't) be allowing such a contract without understanding that they too are committing to Barnes. They are giving their blessing to a 4 year DP contract and all that entails when they offer Giles that contract in January. That's the whole reason (or a big reason) why you have a technical director. He and the manager work in tandem in personnel and contract decisions so no one person has 100% authority in salary and personnel decisions.
Fast forward to today and Coyle is off in NW England and Wade is the interim coach. Barrett doesn't seem to care for Barnes too much and is keen to let him go. So Jordan dumps his salary and trades him. If you were that willing to dump a player that you just signed to a DP contract 6 months ago, you obviously didn't put much thought into the decision to sign him and pretty much just did what Coyle told you to do which was "Sign him at all costs" (probably). And now when your INTERIM MANAGER tells you that he doesn't rate him, you trade him. You are literally trading your most talented player...a player you just invested a ton into...at the behest of a manager you aren't even willing to give a permanent deal to. It's absolutely non-sensical and bad management and begs the question....what the **** is the point of a technical director if he's just going to let managers dictate DP salaries and let interim managers trade away top talents? This whole thing would make more sense if they simultaneously announced that Wade was the permanent manager but they didn't. Imagine if, come December, the Dynamo decide not to make Wade the permanent manager? You will have effectively traded an asset for 50 cents on the dollar (there's no way that the Dynamo got market value for Barnes) because a temp told you to and significantly weakened the team for a future manager (who may have been able to get a lot more out of Barnes' talent).
Put aside whether it was a good idea to trade Barnes or not. The fact that they did further exposes a seemingly complete lack of direction or organizational control from Canetti and Jordan.
6 months ago, Barnes was signed to a DP contract, presumably at the behest of Owen Coyle who was a huge fan of his. But nonetheless, Jordan and Canetti made a hefty financial commitment to Barnes and they can't (or shouldn't) be allowing such a contract without understanding that they too are committing to Barnes. They are giving their blessing to a 4 year DP contract and all that entails when they offer Giles that contract in January. That's the whole reason (or a big reason) why you have a technical director. He and the manager work in tandem in personnel and contract decisions so no one person has 100% authority in salary and personnel decisions.
Fast forward to today and Coyle is off in NW England and Wade is the interim coach. Barrett doesn't seem to care for Barnes too much and is keen to let him go. So Jordan dumps his salary and trades him. If you were that willing to dump a player that you just signed to a DP contract 6 months ago, you obviously didn't put much thought into the decision to sign him and pretty much just did what Coyle told you to do which was "Sign him at all costs" (probably). And now when your INTERIM MANAGER tells you that he doesn't rate him, you trade him. You are literally trading your most talented player...a player you just invested a ton into...at the behest of a manager you aren't even willing to give a permanent deal to. It's absolutely non-sensical and bad management and begs the question....what the **** is the point of a technical director if he's just going to let managers dictate DP salaries and let interim managers trade away top talents? This whole thing would make more sense if they simultaneously announced that Wade was the permanent manager but they didn't. Imagine if, come December, the Dynamo decide not to make Wade the permanent manager? You will have effectively traded an asset for 50 cents on the dollar (there's no way that the Dynamo got market value for Barnes) because a temp told you to and significantly weakened the team for a future manager (who may have been able to get a lot more out of Barnes' talent).
